just so

When I was a kid, my family (mainly my mum) was really into books on tape. We had everything from Mozart's "The Magic Flute" to a story about a boy who could talk to whales (who's title has escaped me). When I was 17, we went on another (as always) "Searle family road trip" ('destination vacation' was a regular activity in my family, my mother choosing a different remote location for us to trip up a mountain and either rent a cabin, or camp for every holiday you can think of) across this great nation of ours, and we listened to the entire 4th book in the Harry Potter Series (The Goblet of Fire), read by Jim Dale. My dad got so into the tapes (of which there were 11, double sided), that when we reached a camp ground, nobody was allowed to get out of the car, and he would not turn off the engine, until a chapter break.

Another book on tape that my mum found somewhere was "The Elephant's Child" by Rudyard Kippling, narrarated by Jack Nicholson with music and sounds effects by Bobby McFerrin. Last year sometime, I conjured up the memory of this story and decided to look for it. It took me ages to find, and none of my friends had ever heard of it (same goes for most things I had or did when I was a child). I finally located the torrent and downloaded it, but I also found this video on youtube in three parts.
If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will.
Narrarated by Jack Nicholson, Music and sound effects my Bobby McFerrin and illustrations by Tim Raglin.